"Forme cinesi" : Gramsci's Translatability in Italian Third-Worldism

Vanhove, Pieter (2017) "Forme cinesi" : Gramsci's Translatability in Italian Third-Worldism. Estetica: Studi e ricerche, VII (2). pp. 211-232. ISSN 2039-6635

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Abstract

Antonio Gramsci's "Prison Notebooks" are a crucial reference for postcolonial thought. What is perhaps less known outside of Italy, is that Gramsci's writings were also instrumental for the development of historical Italian Third-Worldism, or what is known in Italy as "terzomondismo". In this essay, I show how, during the Cold War, Gramsci's writings became central for Italian writers and politicians in their engagement with the geopolitics of Decolonization. I examine in particular how Gramsci's writings shaped Palmiro Togliatti and Pier Paolo Pasolini's encounter with Maoist anticolonial politics in the wake of the Sino-Soviet Split. My analysis is framed by a reading of Gramsci's notes on education, language learning, and translatability ("traducibilità"). The question I put forward is to what extent Gramsci's thought was «translatable» into the discursive context of "terzomondismo". I argue that, along with his reflections on translatability, Gramsci's aesthetic of the unfinished Notebook complicated these ulterior discursive translations.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Estetica: Studi e ricerche
Subjects:
?? antonio gramscipostcolonialthird-worldismtranslatabilityuniversality ??
ID Code:
130484
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Deposited On:
17 Jan 2019 09:30
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Yes
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Published
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